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One Farmer’s Quest to Beat California’s Waves of Drought and Deluge
April 14th, 2022
Via Wired, an article on one farmer’s quest to beat California’s waves of drought and deluge: IN THE FIELDS at Terranova Ranch, it was as if a disaster had arrived. Don Cameron, clad in dark green waders, sloshed through the pond that had formed in his orchards and vineyards. More of his crops were underwater than […]
Read more »Dwindling Water Levels of Lake Powell
April 14th, 2022
Courtesy of Terra Daily, a report on the dwindling water levels of Lake Powell: After decades of drought, water levels in Lake Powell, the second-largest humanmade reservoir in the United States, have shrunk to its lowest level since it was created more than 50 years ago, threatening millions of people who rely on its water […]
Read more »Iran Sentences Water Scarcity Protestors To 75 Lashes and Prison
April 14th, 2022
Via The Jerusalem Post, a report on the sentencing of water scarcity protestors in Iran: The Islamic Republic of Iran slapped over 20 peaceful protestors with up to seven years in prison and 74 lashes for their demonstration against the water scarcity shortage in south-west Iran, according to a report on Saturday by the US-based […]
Read more »Chile: Unprecedented Plan To Ration Water As Drought Enters 13th Year
April 14th, 2022
Via The Guardian, a report on Chile’s punishing drought: As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile has announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 million. “A city can’t live without water,” Claudio Orrego, the governor of the Santiago metropolitan region, said in a press […]
Read more »Dams In U.S. Southwest Getting Hung Out To Dry
April 11th, 2022
Via Ars Technica, a report on how hydro power is decreasing as climate change hangs the Southwestern US out to dry: News that Arizona’s Lake Powell is slowly but surely drying up has spread far and wide. The reservoir behind the 1,320-megawatt Glen Canyon Dam and power station, Lake Powell plays an important role in providing power […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Is Choking Off Asia’s Most Important River
April 10th, 2022
Via Foreign Policy, a report on the impact that upstream dams are having on the Mekong Basin: It’s a March afternoon in Kampong Khleang, and the boats keep coming down a muddy river leading from the Tonle Sap lake, docking to unload their haul, stilt houses casting shadows up the bank. The boats are battered […]
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